A grey day, with a little rain, saw a late start to the City of Roskilde, an hours drive from where we are moored in the center of Copenhagen. Unfortunately our guide was not the most dynamic personality, and the tour had been poorly arranged. First up was the Viking museum where 5 boats, that had been sunk in the entrance to a Fjord, have been preserved. All 5 have also been copied and built in a traditional manner in a shipyard next door. One could talk to the builders, who were still building a replica.

Time was limited here so we had to forgo the educational film, tea rooms and replica boats that you were allowed on. Instead we drove a short distance to Roskilde Cathedral. It is the burial place for the Danish Monarchs, with their crypts containing elaborate coffins ! The Church has been rebuilt and added on numerous times, it was interesting but we spent way to much time there…..everybody wanted to go back to the ships but the guide said it wasn’t possible……why not we said, because we must go back now…..a small mutiny averted by the promise of an additional stop….which turned out as a drop off in center of town as well as the ship. At least we’ve got something to write about in our mid cruise comments feedback.

Gothenburg, Sweden tomorrow, let’s hope the tour is better.